Joanne Penn
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- Business Name
- Joanne Penn Genealogy
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- Research Specialties
- Anglican/Church of England/Episcopalian
- DNA Specialist
- Paleography (ancient/historical handwriting)
- Royal/Noble Families
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- Research Countries
- England
- Wales
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- Research Time Periods
- 15th Century
- 16th Century
- 17th Century
- 18th Century
- 19th Century
- 20th Century
- 21st Century
Jo has almost 25 years’ experience working in genealogical and archival services, including 5 years working as an expert genealogist for Ancestry.com. Her experience of working in archives means she has knowledge of the lesser-known record sets that many genealogists overlook.
She is experienced in using DNA as a genealogical tool as well as all traditional methodologies of documentary research. Jo is an expert palaeographer able to read English handwriting from any era and has a basic working knowledge of medieval Latin.
Jo researches families throughout England and Wales and uses a network of tried and tested fellow genealogists to visit the archives in difficult to reach localities. She offers a full range of services from determining unknown parentage, to solving brick wall cases and researching family trees from scratch.
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- Degrees
- Linguistics
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- Languages
- English, basic French, Italian and Spanish
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- Repositories
- County Archives across the UK, The National Archives, London Metropolitan Archives
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- Testimonials
- I would thoroughly recommend Jo’s family history services. Being totally new to this sort of research, I needed guidance to work out what I wanted, and Jo very clearly outlined what could be achieved and uncovered. The depth of information was more than I expected, and the report delivered at the end was written to a high professional standard. Mrs D, London
Joanne was amazing to work with and helped us solve a 100 year old mystery. She was really clear with us about the challenges we would face and the likelihood of a positive outcome so we were able to prepare. Her knowledge of DNA and how it connects to different people meant we were able to confirm a theory and close the door on an tragic story. Mrs. G-Y, Australia
Joanne Penn was recommended to me by a fellow researcher. Knowing her background at Norfolk Record Office, I engaged her to try to resolve a family history mystery which had defeated researchers for decades. She succeeded. Combining professional expertise with a shrewd intelligence and analytical facility, she not only unearthed essential information but was able also to draw meaningful conclusions from it. Her written reports are comprehensive and meticulous. So I would strongly recommend Joanne to anyone researching family history and especially those who have hit the proverbial ‘brick wall.’ Mr A, UK
I’d hit a brick wall with my research trying to trace my paternal line so hired Jo and I’m so glad I did she discovered the DNA breakthrough I’d been searching for and without her help I’d still be going around in circles ..very pleased! Mr. R, England
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- Certificates
- Full member of the ASSOCIATION OF GENEALOGISTS
AND RESEARCHERS IN ARCHIVES which is the professional body of Genealogists in the United Kingdom.
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- Blog
- Blog link
Contact
- Business site: www.jogeni.com
Work Contact
| Phone: | +44 7941827316 |
| Email: | joanne.penn@hotmail.co.uk |
| Street Address: | 14 Silver Street |
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| City: | Norwich |
| State/Province: | Norfolk |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Zip/Postal Code: | NR3 4TT |